Dysserth Hall

Dysserth Hall appears to have originated in the early 18th century, with the rear wing largely dating to around 1700. A parallel front range, facing east, was either newly constructed or extensively remodelled around 1830. The hall formed the central part of a small estate until the 1930s when ownership transferred to the Powis Estate.

The main elevation faces southeast and features render, a slate roof (with older graded slates to the left-hand bay), coped gables with stone moulded kneelers, a star-shaped brick rear wall, and axial stacks. It is two storeys high with a five-window arrangement, with a slightly advanced gabled central bay. A rear wing has a flat-roofed porch with a moulded parapet, incorporating a four-centred arched doorway with paired, partly glazed, traceried doors. The central gable of the main elevation has a rectangular bay window to the ground floor, with tall casement windows between mullions, and a moulded parapet. The outer bays feature tall mullioned and transomed casement windows in moulded architraves, with splayed reveals and moulded drop-ended hood moulds to the ground floor; smaller, small-paned, mullioned and transomed windows with splayed reveals are above. A moulded eaves cornice runs along the top. The rear wing has similar windows to the first floor above the doorway. Its gable wall aligns with an earlier rear range and is parallel to the main southeastern range. This earlier range is constructed of brick with a slate roof, and features a blocked doorway with a steeply cambered brick head to the left, and a window head (partly cut by the later, larger mullioned and transomed window) to the right. A single ring cambered head is visible to a central first-floor window, and a blocked similar opening is present to the right of an inserted oriel window with leaded lights. An upper storey, possibly a later addition, includes a single small-paned casement window to the left, and a blocked window to the right.

Inside, the house retains many features from around 1830, including a fine staircase with slender stick balusters, several marble fireplaces, and some original plasterwork.

Dysserth Hall is a good example of a substantial gentleman's farmhouse of around 1830, retaining much of its original character and an earlier core.